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A Quote from Ryan Schuhmacher that Should Stop You in Your Tracks

Did you ever read something that just smacks your attention?  I always like reading Meri Schuhmacher’s posts.  She never wastes your time as a reader, and always has something substantial to say.  One feels as if you are all on a chair by the ocean; just talking. But today it’s something her late husband said to her, […]

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BLOG WEEK ENTRY 3: A Crushing Blow to ‘Being Normal’.

This week is the third entry into blog week where we are asked to address the following title: Memories–share our most memorable diabetes day…choose anything. Anyone who knows me knows that one of the biggest goals we strive toward is normalcy.  Now I know of people where normalcy means many things; one thing it has […]

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NY Post Reports: The Rich Hire Handicapped Tour Guides to Cut Lines at Disney

The NY Post is reporting that rich people are hiring handicapped tour guides so they, and their rich little kids, can cut the lines at Disney.  Well if this just doesn’t beat all tacky and stupid low down tricks. This is why people who need them have so much trouble getting the ‘Guest Assistance Passes”……….welcome to the Diabetes Dad […]

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BLOG WEEK ENTRY 2: Please Save Our Children

This is blog week.  We, who are bloggers, have been challenged to write about the same subject matter on a given day with a different topic each day.  Today’s topic is in response to the various petitions that have been circulating the DOC (diabetes online community) of late.  Today’s subject: What/who would we write to petition […]

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BLOG WEEK ENTRY 1: A Child’s Death…….Why Didn’t You Listen?

The following is a letter to a doctor from a mom of a child who died…..it is in recognition of Blog Week and today’s topic of “Our medical team will be reading today’s blog, what would you say.”  This is a fictitious letter and not based on a specific true story (exactly) but it is based […]

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NY Daily News Reports: Singing Passenger Removed from Plane—She Blames Her Diabetes.

Sometimes things can be shared with absolutely no comment——today is such a story.  This one just has me scratching my head. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/passenger-sings-whitney-houston-song-ejected-article-1.1342487 I am a diabetes dad Please visit my Diabetes Dad FB Page and hit ‘like’